Stove leg



y 1932. H. c. MAUL 1,858,993

STOVE LEG Filed April 20, 1931 INVENTOR ATTORNEY 3 HENRY Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE C. MAUL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN STOVE COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN STOVE LEG Application filed April 20, 1931. Serial No. 531,446.

This invention relates to stove leg construc tion, and more particularly to constructions employing sheet metal legs.

Heretfore, sheet metal stove legs have 5 shown a cross section in the form of an angle with two sides exposed, and the leg was secured to the stove by a number of bolts.

' An object of this invention is a construc- M tion wherein the leg is in the form of a hollow, completely closed, tube having a cap piece provided with an upwardly projecting stud, by means of which, and the single nut threaded thereon, the leg may be secured to the stove or one of its frame parts, the latter and the leg having cooperating non-circular or specifically squared formations by means of which the leg is held non-rotatable with respect to the stove.

Other ob3ects will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon reference to the fol- 3b that'there is provideda frame piece 10, in

the form of an angle iron, which cooperates with a similar piece, not shown, to form a corner under which the leg is disposed. It

- will be understood that sheet metal enamelled plates, forming the casing of the stove, are to be secured to the framepieces, and since this construction is not new the same will not be shown.

In the corner formed by the intersecting angle iron framepieces, and under the horizontal flanges of these angle irons, is a cast iron corner plate 12, this part having Vertical flanges 14 adapted to abut the inner surfaces of the vertical flanges of the frame pieces. The plate flanges 14 are provided with'a plurality of apertures 18 aligned with apertures in the flanges 14, there being bolts 20 passed thru the apertures and thru aligned apertures in the vertical flanges of the frame pieces, the bolts having securing nuts 24 inside of the frame. The corner plate is provided with a downwardly projecting boss 26 in the form of a hollow square, and centrally of this boss is an aperture 28, for purposes to be described.

Disposed under the corner plate is a tubular sheet metal leg 32 having its upper edges 33 folded over to form a seat 3 L upon which the sheet metal cap piece 36 is disposed, the latter being held in place by spot-welding. The cap piece is provided with a central boss which is centrally apertured to permit the insertion therein of a stud or bolt 38 whose head 39 is within the tubular leg and under the cap piece. One side of the leg is cut away to provide a large aperture 40 thru which the bolt 38 may be inserted into the leg, and thru which are passed means for holding the head 39 of the bolt stationary, while a nut 41 is being threaded thereon.

The leg and bolt, as a unit are brought to the corner plate and fitted thereunder, the upper squared part of the leg receiving the squared boss 26, and the leg bolt being passed thru the plate aperture 28, whereupon the nut 42 may be threaded onto the bolt to hold the leg in place.

The edges of the lower end of the leg may be turned over, as at 46, to provide a fiat bottom for the leg. Further, the leg may bemade from a flat elongated blank, folded on four elongated lines to form corner edges 48 for the leg, the edges of the blank being line welded to form a closed seam 50.

It will be seen that the leg and the bolt, as a unit may be brought to a stove provided with corner plates, and secured thereto by manipulation of one nut only, viz., nut 42.

Further, the leg may be disposed on any corner, of the stove with its front facing to the stove front, the line 50 and the hole 40being on the rear of the leg at all times. Further, the enamelled leg 32 isso disposed that its outside or enamelled surface is at no time in contact with any of the other parts, and thus the enamel is not subjected to influences causing chipping, cracking, etc. Further, the squared boss 26, cooperating with the squared upper end of the leg prevents rotation of the leg with respect to the stove.

Further, the leg, as shown is in the form of a hollow tube having no open sides, as contrasted with legs now in use, which are angles in cross section, having exposed sides.

Now having described the invention and the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the said invention is to be limited, not to the specific details hereinset forth, but only by the scope of theclaims which follow:

' What I claim is:

1. In stove construction,. the combination of a frame member, a corner plate secured to saidframe member and having a central aperture therein, and a hollow tubular stove leg having a cap piece provided-withan upwardly projecting fixed bolt passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate.

2. In stove construction, the combination of aframe member, a cornerplate secured to said frame member and having a central aperture therein, anda hollow tubular stove leg having acap piece provided with an upwardly projecting fixed bolt passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, the bolt having its head disposed within the leg under the cap piece.

3. In stove construction, the combination of avframe member, a corner plate secured to said frame member and having a central aperture therein, and-a hollow tubular stove leg having a cap piece provided with an upwardly projecting fixed bolt; passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, the bolt having its head disposed with in the leg under the cap piece, there being a nut on the bolt for securing it to the cap piece.

4. Instove construction, the combination of a frame member, a cornenplate secured to said frame member and having a'centra-l aperture therein, and-a hollow tubular stove leg havinga cap piece provided \Vltheilll upwardly projecting fixed bolt passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, the bolt having its head disposed writhin-v the leg .under the cap piece, there being a nut on the bolt for securing it to the cap piece, the leg having an aperture in a side wall thereof providing access to the bolt head.

5. In stove construction, the combination of a frame member, a corner plate secured to said frame member and having a central aperture'therein, and a hollow tubular stove leg having a cap piece provided with an up- \vardlj projecting fixed bolt passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, there being a nut on thebolt for securing it to the corner plate.

'6. In stove construction, the-combination of a frame member, a corner plate secured to said frame member and having a central to said frame member and having a central aperture therein, and a hollow tubular stove leg'having a cap piece provided with an upwardly projecting fixed bolt passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, the bolt having its head disposed within the leg-under the cap,.piece, .there being a nut on the bolt for securing it to .the cap piece, there beinga nut on the .bolt for securing it to. the corner plate.

8. In stove construction, the combination of a frame member, a corner plate secured to said frame memberaand having a central aperture therein, and a hollow tubular stove leg having a cappiece provided with an upwardly:projecting fixed bolt passed thru saidecorner plate aperture and secured-to the plate, the "bolt having its. head disposed withinthe leg under the cap'piece, there being. a-nut 'on the bolt forv securing it to the cap piece, the leg havingan aperture in a sidewall thereof providing access to the bolt head, there being a nut on the bolt for securing it to the corner. plate.

9. 1111 stove construction, the combination of a frame member, a corner .plate secured to said frame member and having a central aperture therein,an-d a hollow tubular stove leg having a cap piece provided with an upwardly projecting .fixed :bolt-passed thru said corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, the plate having a non-circular boss received in the inon-circularwupper end of the :hollow leg.

10. In stove construction, the combination of a framemember, a corner:plate secured to said frame. member and having a central aperture therein, anda hollow tubular stove leghaving a cap piece provided with an upwardly projecting fixedbolt passed thrusaid corner plate aperture and secured to the plate, the plate having a boss received in the upper end of the hollow leg.

11. In stove construction, the combination of aframe member, a corner plate secured to said frame member and having a central aperture therein,-and a hollow tubular stove leg having a. cap piece provided with an upwardly projectingfixed bolt passed thru said corner plateaperture and secured to the plate,"the bolt having its head disposed-within the leg under the cap piece, there being a nut on the bolt for securing it-to the cap piece, the leg having an aperture in a-side "-wa'll thereof providing access to the boltiihead,

there being a nut on the bolt for securing it to the corner plate, the plate having a noncircular boss received in the non-circular upper end of the hollow leg.

5 12. The method of providing a leg construction for a stove frame which comprises (a) securing to said frame a corner plate having a central aperture therein, (6) forming a hollow tubular leg having a cap piece 10 provided with an upwardly projecting fixed bolt, and (0) disposing the leg under said plate and passing the bolt thru the plate aperture and securing it therein.

13. In stove construction, the combination 1:; of a frame member, a corner plate secured thereto and formed with a downwardly projecting boss, a tubular leg having the upper portion formed hollow to receive the projecting boss, and means for securing the leg to the frame member.

14. In stove construction, the combination of a frame member, a corner plate secured thereto and formed with a downwardly projecting boss, a tubular leg having the upper 2!! portion formed hollow to receive the projecting boss, and means for securing the leg to the frame member, the leg being provided with a cap piece upon which the boss rests, the distance from the frame member to the 80 under surface of the boss being greater than the distance from the top of the leg to the cap piece, whereby the top of the leg will be spaced from the bottom of the frame piece;

15. In stove leg construction, hollow tubu- 5 lar leg having its upper end closed by a cap piece, and a bolt, fixed to and projecting upwardly from the cap piece.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

4o HENRY G. MAUL. 

